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    "id": 704185,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kembi-Gitura",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "James Kembi Gitura",
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    "content": "On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I am getting concerned about the Chairmen of Committees having to hustle by going to the offices of Cabinet Secretaries to follow up or to push them to do what they should be doing. Every day we listen about this issue, it is about chairmen saying how they have hustled so much and how many trips they have made to the offices. This cannot be allowed to go on because chairmen of committees are supposed to transmit the requests and get answers in good time without them being reduced to messengers. It is not acceptable. It is time we hold meetings between the Senate, chairmen of Committees and the Cabinet offices so that they can understand that a chairman of a committee is an important person. He has a duty to do and they cannot be reduced to be running up and down following statements which is something that Cabinet Secretaries and their officers should to do. It is degenerating to a serious situation when we hear that a Senator has been camping at the Cabinet Secretary’s office. Why should that happen? Why should a Chairman of a Senate Committee be camping outside an office even now forcing Sen. Karaba to peep into his office to see that the statement is lying on the desk unsigned? It is wrong. We need to--- The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate"
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